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For 2 years my rose has flowered at 90 degrees to its stem

ck_gardenerck_gardener Posts: 25
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I have a dark apricot pink rose that I bought 3 years ago from a cheep shop.  I love it because I bought it at a bad time and it has come with me around the country.  When I got it it was scraggy.  I carefully looked after it and now it seems strong and is getting bigger each year.

However, after a first year when it produced a single bloom, it has for 2 years been producing 3 blooms that all grow at 60-90 degrees to their stems.  During the first year the when the flower grew straight, it was about 5 inches across.  These sideways flowers are only about 3 inches across.

Please, does anyone know what the problem is?  And is it solvable?

Thanks in advance
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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Could you post a photo, @ck_gardener?  It would help if we could see what was going on...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • ck_gardenerck_gardener Posts: 25
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    The whole plant if poss please.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Are you expecting them to be upright in line with the stem?
    I thought that only happens with commercial roses grown for florists.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ck_gardenerck_gardener Posts: 25
  • ck_gardenerck_gardener Posts: 25
    The bottom bloom is the picture I uploaded first.  The 2 buds at the top have the same issue - they are at an angle of growing at 60-90% to the stem. I know I am moving soon so now this rose is in a pot - last year it was in the ground and both years have had the same problem.

  • ck_gardenerck_gardener Posts: 25
    Fair comment - but the first year I had this rose it grew in line with the stem and was 5 inches across.  Now all its blooms are at a 60-90% angle to the stem and are 3 inches across.  I am assuming therefore there is a problem.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    The growth looks normal to me but maybe it's a bit hungry?   Have you freshened the compost at all or fed it since it's been in that pot?   Try a liquid feed of rose or tomato food now and every week till mid July - no later so any new growth has the chance to harden off before the frosts come and damage soft stems.

    Roses are hungry, thirsty plants and moving it form soil to pot to soil will affect its growth are and flowering but the basic shape is determined by its variety.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
     more flowers often means smaller blooms because it's spreading the energy more thinly.
    Your plant looks fine to me. I doubt you could do much to change their direction anyway.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    There's nothing wrong with your rose, that's its natural growth habit.  Lots of roses grow like that..
    East Anglia, England
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